Birdshot chorioretinopathy
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Birdshot chorioretinopathy, now commonly named birdshot uveitis or HLA-A29 uveitis,[1] is a rare form of bilateral posterior uveitis affecting both eyes. It causes severe, progressive inflammation of both the choroid and retina.[2][3][4]
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Birdshot chorioretinopathy (HLA-A29 uveitis) | |
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Other names | Multiple small, cream-colored lesions, symmetrically scattered mainly around the optic disk, Vitiliginous choroiditis |
Characteristic hypo-pigmentation in birdshot chorioretinopathy | |
Specialty | Ophthalmology |
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Affected individuals are almost exclusively Caucasian and usually diagnosed in the fourth to sixth decade of their lives.[5]